George winter



Patented Oct. 27, 1868.

f G. WINTER.

Beer Cpoler.

@anni l finie Messie www? GEORGE WIN-TER, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

Leners Paten: No. 83,431, dem october 27, 1868.

IMPROVED BEER-COOLER- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patentand. making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE WINTER, of thecity of Buffalo, in the county of Erie, and State of New York, haveinvented acertain new and improved Beer- Gooler; andI do hereby declarethat the following is a m11 and exact description thereof, referencebeing had 'to the accompanying'drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure I is a longitudinal sectional elevation.

Figure II is a transverse vertical section.

Figure III is a top plan view.

The nature of this invention consists,

First, in thecombination of a series of ybeer-tanks, open at the top,with a water-reservoir, the former being arranged within the latter, andconnected t0- gether, by means of pipes, in such manner, thatT as soonas one tank is filled withbeer, the surplus willbe discharged into thenext tank, and so on, until all the tanks are full. i

Second, in supporting the tanks within the water reservoir by means ofupright posts or rods, secured to the bottom of the reservoir-,andconnected together at the top by cross-bars or ties, or equivalents.

Third, in an annular chamber,- formed around one or more of the tanks,or a portion thereof, into which only the warm water from the surface,near the top of the reservoir, is allowed to enter, and from which itmay be drawn off as'often as required.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of theiigrues. Y

A A represent a series of upright tanks,'which are made about four feetin height, by four inches in width, and of any desired length, thoughother dimensions may be adopted if expedient. These tanks are supportedand arranged within a waterreservoir, B, between upiight posts, B, theprojecting ends of' which -are firmly held by, and secured to, two ormore transversc cross-bars or clamps, C. i This mode fofconstructionrenders the wholestructure compact and portable. j

vThe tanks A are designed to contain the beer tobe cooled, and areconuectedtogether, by means of the pipes D, in such manner that as thefirst one of the tanks is filled with beer up to a certain heighgthesurplus will be discharged through a pipe, and carried to the next tank,entering near the bottom` thereof. The second tank being filled, thesurplus will then be discharged into the third, and so on, until all thetanks are full.

It does not become necessary to draw oif the beer from the cooling-tanksin a steady current, unless the temperature of the Water surroundingthewtanks is low enough for cooling the beer in the desired degree1while passing through the tanks, butif the water is not cold enough forthat purpose, the beer may be allowed to remain in the tanksv untilthoroughly cooled. It is then drawn oif by means of the stop-cock'd.

lThe bottoms of the several tanks arev placed at different heights, andconnected by. pipes, e, having stopcocks, c.` These stop-cocks are keptclosed, except when it is necessary to discharge the whole contents ofone tank into the others, or when all the beer is to be withdrawn fromthe cooler.

F represents a reservoir, formed around the first tank, A, that is tosay, that tank into which the beer is rst received, but the other tanksmay also be provided with these reservoirs, if deemed expedient.

The object of this reservoir is to catch .the warmest water contained inthe reservoir B, from .the surface, andsubject it to another heating bycontactwith the tank containing the warmest bee'r, before it isdischarged or drawn off through the pipe and stop-cock, g.

This feature of my invention is of great importance, inasmuch as in mostbeer-coolers a vast deal of cold water is allowed to escape before ithas had an oppor tunity to assist iii-cooling the beer.

My improvenmit utilizes every drop of Goldwater contained inthereservoir B, by passing the warm surface-water through the reservoirF, in contactwith the hottest of the tanks, A, before it is discharged.

In addition to this last-mentioned feature, my im! proved beer-coolerhas the desirable quality of being simple in its construction, the wholevbeing plain, square work, without ingles, sharp corners, and joints.

The bcer-tanksmay be easily removed, and cleaned with a brush, andbyhand, a very difficult matter in coolers containing or composed 'of agreat number of pipes or other inaccessible devices.

When the process of cooling a certain quantity of beer is completed, thebeer contained in the tanks is easily removed, to the last drop.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The tanks A, in combination with the reservoir B and conducting-pipesI), all parts being constructed,

arranged, and operating substantially as herein de scribed.

2. Supporting the tanks A, within'the reservoir B, by means of theupright posts or rods B and crossbars or tie-rods G, substantially asset forth.

3. The reservoir F, in combination with the tanks A, for the purposesand substantially as herein described.

GEORGE WETTER.

Witnesses:

FRED. W. SCOTT, B. H. MUEBLE.

